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Heinrich Böll Stiftung Myanmar Office became a full-fledged country office in 2015. Our program 2015-17 is being developed and will form the basis of future hbs work in the country. The program seeks to contribute towards a democratic transition, natural resources governance, and an inclusive and sustainable development for the benefit of all people in Myanmar.

Our Team

Mirco holds Masters Degrees in Biological Sciences of the University of Cambridge (UK) and in Environmental Economics of Imperial College London. Before joining hbs in July 2015 as the new Director of hbs’ Myanmar Office, he had been working for more than 15 years in international cooperation for the German Government and the World Bank. Inter alia, he was Head of Cooperation at the German Embassies in Kabul (2004-07) and Bamako (2012-13) and EITI Task Manager for the World Bank in Latin America (Lima, 2010-11). He has profound expertise in environmental and natural resource issues and in fragile and transformation contexts.

Tammy Zin recently joined the Heinrich Boell Foundation Myanmar in October 2015. Prior to that, she has extensively worked for local and international organizations in the field of finance and administration. She is also undertaking graduate studies in Development Studies.

Ohnmar Nyunt (Alison) holds an MA in International Development Studies from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She joined Heinrich Böll Stiftung on 9th of March, 2017 as Political Culture Program Coordinator of the Myanmar office and works on promoting media developments and freedom of speech as well as gender and LGBTI rights in Myanmar.

Rual Lian Thang (Boi Boi) holds an MA in International Development Studies from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He joined Heinrich Böll Stiftung in 2013 as Natural Resource Governance Program Coordinator of the Myanmar office and works on promoting democratic governance of natural resources.

Zun Pwint Aye started working with Heinrich Boell Foundation in December 2016 in the capacity of Finance and Administrative Coordinator. Prior to that, she has extensively worked for international non-government organizations and in the private sector in the field of finance and administration. She has completed her graduate studies in Public Administration and holds a postgraduate diploma in Development Studies.

About our namesake

Heinrich Böll is one of the most important and best-known writers of the Federal Republic of Germany. "Bound by the times and my contemporaries, to what my generation has lived through, experienced, seen, and heard," as he himself wrote, he was the critical chronicler of Germany’s history at mid-century. We gladly follow Heinrich Böll’s exhortation for citizens to get involved in politics, and we want to inspire others to do the same.